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James Joseph Dresnok

1941 - 2016

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James Joseph Dresnok (Korean: 제임스 조지프 드레스녹, November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American defector to North Korea, one of seven U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War. After defecting, Dresnok worked as an actor in propaganda films, some directed by Kim Jong Il, and as an English teacher in Pyongyang. He was featured on the CBS magazine program 60 Minutes on January 28, 2007, as the last U.S. defector alive in North Korea. He was also the subject of a documentary film, Crossing the Line, by British filmmakers Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner, which was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Joseph Dresnok is the 1,900th most popular military personnel (down from 1,712th in 2019), the 9,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,933rd in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Joseph Dresnok ranks 1,900 out of 2,058. Before her are Moe Berg, John André, Sterling Price, Reginald Wingate, Albert Ball, and John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent. After her are Leo Tornikios, Kanhoji Angre, Aviv Kochavi, John Dill, William Alexander Morgan, and William T. Anderson.

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Among people born in 1941, James Joseph Dresnok ranks 531. Before her are Anton Pronk, Vidin Apostolov, Péter Balázs, Marilyn Strathern, Marty Riessen, and Wolfgang Fahrian. After her are David Selby, John Nicholson, Dan Coe, Elías Muñoz, Uta Frith, and Graciela Borges. Among people deceased in 2016, James Joseph Dresnok ranks 453. Before her are Armando Tobar, Antonina Seredina, Richard Davalos, Gisela May, Alain Decaux, and Wiesław Rudkowski. After her are Klaus Siebert, Rafael Iriondo, Tom M. Apostol, Alexis Arquette, Stephen Keshi, and Luděk Macela.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Joseph Dresnok ranks 9,413 out of 20,380. Before her are Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), John L. Phillips (1951), Bill Robinson (1877), Robert Pearce (1908), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), and Alfred W. Crosby (1931). After her are Chuck Mangione (1940), Ray Allen (1975), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), C. I. Scofield (1843), Clarke Peters (1952), and William Cullen Bryant (1794).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Joseph Dresnok ranks 145. Before her are Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), James Stockdale (1923), Nathan Hale (1755), Moe Berg (1902), and Sterling Price (1809). After her are William Alexander Morgan (1928), William T. Anderson (1839), Alexander Patch (1889), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), John Bell Hood (1831), and Eddie Rickenbacker (1890).

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